4 December 2017
In wake of Flynn guilty plea, anti-Russia campaign intensifies against Trump
By Patrick Martin, 4 December 2017
A significant section of the political establishment is seeking to use the Mueller investigation to target Trump’s own family and, if possible, force Trump to resign.
Guilty plea by Trump’s former national security adviser Flynn intensifies US political crisis
UK government rocked by Trump’s fascistic twitter postings
More on the Trump presidency »
Top US official warns “not much time” to prevent Korean war
By Peter Symonds, 4 December 2017
To justify US military aggression, National Security Adviser McMaster grossly inflated the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear capabilities.
Canada to co-host meeting with US to prepare for war with North Korea
Trump administration escalates threat to “utterly destroy” North Korea
More on the war threat against North Korea »
Trump denounces acquittal of California immigrant
By David Brown, 4 December 2017
Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was acquitted of murder in a case Trump had made central to his anti-immigrant presidential campaign.
Brooklyn defense attorneys protest courthouse immigration arrests
By Mark Ferretti, 4 December 2017
On November 28, defense attorneys at Brooklyn criminal court staged a walkout after ICE arrested an undocumented immigrant worker.
“Part-time work in the auto plants is modern day slavery”
Six weeks since the tragic death of US autoworker Jacoby Hennings
By Jerry White, 4 December 2017
Behind the still unexplained death of the young autoworker is the expansion of temporary part-time labor sanctioned by the UAW.
Woodhaven Ford workers speak on still unexplained death of Jacoby Hennings
More on auto worker struggles »
German military leadership calls for massive rearmament program
By Johannes Stern, 4 December 2017
Leading military officials are working on a comprehensive armaments program reminiscent of the rearming of Hitler’s Wehrmacht in the 1930s.
Campaign builds for grand coalition in Germany
Betrayal of UK rail workers’ fight against driver only operations reveals treacherous role of unions
By Michael Barnes, 4 December 2017
The sellout of Southern rail workers—with conductors holding 39 days of strikes and drivers many days of walkouts—demonstrates there is no line the unions will not cross.
Canada: Federal and provincial governments underfund indigenous childcare
By Janet Browning, 4 December 2017
The chronic underfunding of indigenous childcare and the terrible conditions it produces are sharp expressions of a broader assault on public spending and social services.
“Hostage” incident highlights political tensions in Indonesian Papua
By John Roberts, 4 December 2017
Conflict in Indonesian Papua is being driven by Jakarta’s push for development, which is exacerbating social inequality and class tensions.
New in Russian
100 лет Октябрьской революции
Дэвид Норт, 4 декабря 2017 г.
Октябрьская революция относится к числу величайших и самых прогрессивных событий мировой истории.
New in Norwegian
Spania anklager Russland for innblanding i krisen i Catalonia
Alejandro López, 29 November 2017
Bare i løpet av to måneder har El Pais publisert 47 artikler som knytter Russland til den katalanske krisen, derav fem redaksjonelle lederartikler.
Den undertrykkende politiske agendaen bak kampanjen om «seksuelle misgjerninger» kommer for dagen
David Walsh, 28 November 2017
Flommen av påstander om seksuelle misgjerninger og fordømmelser av mediefigurer, Hollywood-personligheter og politikere strømmer på uten opphør.
New in French
Au sommet d’Abidjan, Macron et l’UE intensifient l’intervention néocolonialiste en Afrique
Francis Dubois, 2 décembre 2017
Face aux résultats désastreux des guerres impérialistes en Libye et au Sahel, l'UE propose une intensification cette politique militariste et néocolonialiste.
Le gouvernement Trump aggrave sa menace de « détruire complètement » la Corée du Nord
Joseph Kishore, 2 décembre 2017
Les Etats-Unis sont déjà bien avancés dans la préparation d’une opération militaire contre la Corée du Nord, qui, si elle est mise à l’exécution, mettrait en péril de millions de vies.
La présidente sortante de la Réserve fédérale veut rassurer les marchés, tout en mettant en garde contre la crise de la dette et les inégalités sociales
Nick Beams, 2 décembre 2017
Alors que les marchés boursiers sont en plein essor et qu’une nouvelle bulle financière pointe à l’horizon, la présidente sortante de la Réserve fédérale américaine, Janet Yellen, a fait sa dernière apparition devant le Congrès.
Nous sommes des êtres humains, pas des esclaves ou des animaux
Un reportage d'un journal britannique décrit la super-exploitation des employés d'Amazon
Robert Stevens et John Newham, 2 décembre 2017
Un journaliste du Sunday Mirror a conduit une enquête secrète de cinq semaines dans un centre de traitement d'Amazon à Tilsbury.
New in German
US-Steuerreform:
Die Finanzoligarchie kennt kein Halten mehr
Patrick Martin, 4. Dezember 2017
Mit ihrer Steuerreform raubt die Trump-Regierung die Bevölkerung aus, um in einer Art Beschaffungskriminalität den Finanzjunkies an der Wall Street zur nächsten Geldspritze zu verhelfen.
Tausende demonstrieren gegen AfD-Parteitag
Dietmar Henning, 4. Dezember 2017
Vielen Jugendlichen und Studenten, die am Samstag in Hannover demonstrierten, ist die Verantwortung der etablierten Parteien für den Aufstieg der AfD bewusst.
Afrika-Gipfel in Abidjan: EU und Frankreich verschärfen neokolonialen Wettlauf um Afrika
Francis Dubois, 4. Dezember 2017
Die imperialistischen Kriege in Libyen und in der Sahelzone haben Nordafrika verwüstet. Die EU reagiert darauf, indem sie ihre Militärintervention ausweitet.
Frankreich: Kampagne zur Ächtung der Gewalt gegen Frauen führt zu Verschärfung polizeilicher Unterdrückung
Francis Dubois und Alex Lantier, 4. Dezember 2017
Die Kampagne, die in Frankreich nach der Weinstein-Affäre in den USA begonnen hat, kennzeichnet einen weiteren Rechtsruck von Präsident Emmanuel Macron.
IYSSE gründen Hochschulgruppe in Bonn
unseren Korrespondenten, 4. Dezember 2017
Die International Youth and Students for Social Equality sind nun auch offiziell mit einer Hochschulgruppe an der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn vertreten.
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Perspective
Following passage of Senate tax bill, US ruling class takes aim at Social Security and Medicare
4 December 2017
The Republican tax plan marks a major escalation in the drive of the US ruling elite to destroy every social gain won by the working class.
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
This week in the Russian Revolution
December 4-10: Guns fall silent on the Eastern Front
4 December 2017
Soviet Russia and the Central Powers agree to a 10-day truce, subsequently extended to 28 days. “We have started a resolute struggle against the war brought on by the clash of robbers over their spoils,” Lenin declares in a speech December 5.
Chronology of the Russian Revolution »
Russian television’s Trotsky serial: A degraded spectacle of historical falsification and anti-Semitism
By Fred Williams and David North, 25 November 2017
The eight-part serial is an exhibition of the political, intellectual and cultural depravity of all those involved in its production.
The Place of the October Revolution in World History and Contemporary Politics
By David North, 13 November 2017
- On the Centenary of the October Revolution
- Lessons of October: The political crisis within the Bolshevik Party on the eve of the seizure of power
- On the eve of revolution: The Bolshevik Party, factory committees, and the mass movement of the working class
- From the July Days to the Kornilov coup: Lenin’s The State and Revolution
Meeting in Wellington on December 14
100 years on: The significance of the 1917 Russian Revolution for today
Mehring Books
Tsar to Lenin - Centenary Edition DVD
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Commentary
Bernie Sanders promotes illusions in the Democrats in speaking tour of Midwest
By Tom Hall, 4 December 2017
Sanders’ denunciations of the Republican tax plan entirely covered up the role of the Democrats, which support the bill’s basic aims.
Acclaimed Australian actor Geoffrey Rush becomes the latest witch-hunt victim
By James Cogan, 2 December 2017
Repressive political agenda of the “sexual harassment” campaign comes into the open
Senate races to pass Trump tax cut for corporate America
By Barry Grey, 1 December 2017
The US Senate tax bill: The financial oligarchy on the rampage
By Patrick Martin, 2 December 2017
Choreographed media fawning over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
By Robert Stevens and Julie Hyland, 1 December 2017
Socialist Equality Party
Oppose Trudeau and Trump, the Canada-US alliance, and imperialist war!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), 4 December 2017
If the working class is to mount a successful counter-offensive against the ruling class assault on its living standards and democratic rights, and Canadian imperialism’s reckless drive to war, a new political perspective and new organizations of struggle are necessary.
Free the Maruti Suzuki autoworkers
Indian ICFI supporters to hold a public meeting in Sriperumbudur
27 November 2017
Meeting of Grenfell Fire Forum in London on December 9
22 November 2017
IYSSE
IYSSE mounts campaign against university police censorship at University of California, Berkeley
By Evan Blake, 2 December 2017
WSWS Arts Editor David Walsh at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor on December 5
Public meeting: What the Russian Revolution meant for modern art and culture
2 December 2017
Oppose right-wing censorship at Leipzig University!
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, 23 November 2017
Christian Democratic student association calls for the banning of the IYSSE at German universities
By Christoph Vandreier, 22 November 2017
International Youth and Students for Social Equality launches new website
6 November 2017
The IYSSE’s newly designed website includes an updated Statement of Principles for its US section. We urge all youth and students to join the IYSSE and take up the fight for socialism.
Arts Review
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Rebel with a cause
By Joanne Laurier, 2 December 2017
An interview with Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari, co-director of The Silence and Disappearance
“The subjects that interest us are connected with social issues and the lack of equality”
By David Walsh, 30 November 2017
Radical Russia: Art, Culture and Revolution
How the Bolshevik Revolution saved avant-garde art
By Paul Mitchell, 30 November 2017
“The Bolshevik Revolution liberated art and artists”
Radical Russia: an interview with curator Peter Waldron
Google Censorship
Net neutrality and the drive to censor the internet
By Andre Damon, 25 November 2017
The conspiracy to censor the Internet
By Andre Damon and Joseph Kishore, 18 October 2017
The elites “have no credibility left:” An interview with journalist Chris Hedges
An open letter to Google: Stop the censorship of the Internet! Stop the political blacklisting of the World Socialist Web Site!
25 August 2017
Sign the petition and share it as widely as possible through email, online forums, and social media.
Watch: Stop online censorship!
Book Review
The Republic For Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
Ida B. Wells, democratic rights, and lynch mob sexual assault accusations against African-Americans
By Eric London, 21 November 2017
The fight for the democratic rights of black men accused of rape is an essential issue highlighted by Richard White in his 941-page history of the post-Civil War period.
Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House
An insider’s view of the crisis-ridden Democratic Party
By Andre Damon, 20 November 2017
International Amazon Workers Voice
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
One day strike hits German and Italian Amazon distribution centres
1 December 2017
About 2,000 Amazon workers in Germany and another 500 in Italy walked out on “Black Friday”, November 24, traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year, over pay and working conditions.
“We’re human beings, not slaves and animals”
UK newspaper exposé details Amazon’s super-exploitation of workforce
By Robert Stevens and John Newham, 30 November 2017
A Sunday Mirror reporter conducted a five-week undercover investigation at Amazon’s Tilbury fulfilment centre
Amazon builds low-wage Maryland plant on ashes of largest steel mill in US
By Adam Soroka, 27 November 2017
Amazon announces new cloud to host “Secret” government data
By Evan Blake, 24 November 2017
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